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    shift lever question

    Anyone know if this lever is stock and what model it would have come from? There is a slight sideways bend low and a rearward bend high.
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    If threaded at top looks right for 65 with screw on 356 type mushroom knob. I think Sometime in 66 they went to sleeve mounted round knob where top of shifter is not threaded. Others can confirm
    John Schiavone

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    Porsche changed from threads to sleeve in 1967 , so the shifter could be an early '67 .

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    It is threaded, I wasn't sure if the lower sideways bend is stock or if it has been modified.

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    My 65 lever also has a slight lower bend.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 9er View Post
    My 65 lever also has a slight lower bend.
    I agree, the bend is to get the shift knob closer to the driver. Not sure what they do with shift levers on right hand drive cars -- the profile is reversed?
    John Schiavone

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    901 box
    64-mid 66 (nobody knows the cutoff)
    not 67
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    I worked on an amazingly original '67 with a threaded shift lever , so I vote for '67 , or maybe it was an extra Porsche found . The more we learn the more we realize things are not always absolute .

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    Quote Originally Posted by John912 View Post
    I think Sometime in 66 they went to sleeve mounted round knob where top of shifter is not threaded. Others can confirm
    Quote Originally Posted by Richy View Post
    Porsche changed from threads to sleeve in 1967 , so the shifter could be an early '67 .
    Quote Originally Posted by 304065 View Post
    901 box
    64-mid 66 (nobody knows the cutoff)
    not 67
    Quote Originally Posted by Richy View Post
    I worked on an amazingly original '67 with a threaded shift lever , so I vote for '67 , or maybe it was an extra Porsche found .
    Threaded shift levers were discontinued in March 67, according to Porsche.

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    Jon B.
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    Thanks for the replies. After checking my 65 built 66MY 912 the shift lever looks like the one I posted, I checked my 3/30/67 built 911 SWT 500213 and while it is threaded the bend rear ward is much lower than the earlier lever. I think 304065 has it right. But it does contradict the Porsche bulletin posted by Jon B. This is a pic of the lever in the 67 SWT(original unrestored interior)
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